OK, I'm closing this thread, as Dan has been the only one who has provided a link to exactly what I was looking for. I still cant post through Google Groups, but at least I dont have to download 40 email messages a day now.
http://www.gmane.org Thanks Dan! "Dan Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the last episode (Mar 31), Seth Brundle said: > > First people, please dont get all angry about my suggestion...please > > hear me out... > > > > > I really hate on-line forums. They're difficult to track because I > > > must remember visit them daily. > > > > OK this is the first issue - 95% of people who need MySQL info do not > > need it daily. Mailing lists are a poor tool for them. > > > > > And I can't use them while disconnected. > > > > Hmmmm...seems like some Yahoo! employee has never used Yahoo! Groups > > ;) > > > > There is plenty of web discussion software (like Yahoo! Groups, > > although I'm not necessarily recommending that one) where you can > > still have all of the features of a mailing list, yet also have all > > the features of web discussion, so there really is no reason to have > > a mailing list only, except to be old-school. > > Yahoo groups are really mailinglists, though, so you wouldn't buy > anything by moving to them. Their web interface is also one of the > worst imho; I preferred the original Findmail interface (circa 98 > before they got bought by eGroups, before /they/ got bought by Yahoo :) > > > > I believe there is already a read-only NNTP mirror of this group. > > > > The NNTP mirror is actually a double-edged sword - yes it takes care > > of archiving and searching (via Google Groups), I will agree, but it > > misleads infrequent users into thinking posting actually does > > something meaningful. > > gmane ( http://www.gmane.org or nntp://news.gmane.org ) mirrors 10 > mysql mailinglists, and is a 2-way system so you can post from it. The > preferred access method is with a newsreader, but there's also a web > interface. > > -- > Dan Nelson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
